A novel dual complementary output optical fiber transversal filter for DWDM applications

Author

Lai, Yicheng ; Zhang, W. ; Williams, J.A.R. ; Bennion, I.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

10-14 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

659

Abstract

A novel dual complementary output optical fiber transversal filter is realized for DWDM applications. Stable, simultaneous complementary filter responses with flattened passbands and large sidelobe suppressions are achieved with a single-line cascaded Hi-Bi fiber structure.

Keywords

birefringence; optical communication equipment; optical fibre filters; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM applications; cascaded Hi-Bi fiber structure; dual complementary output optical fiber transversal filter; fiber polarization controller; flattened passbands; high birefringence fiber; large sidelobe suppressions; optical fiber multichannel flat top transversal filter; optimized fiber; signal processing; stable simultaneous complementary filter responses; Optical control; Optical devices; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Transversal filters; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7500-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159478

Filename

1159478